Day 169

I'm really sorry but after the 4 hours of sleep I got last night, my tiredness has finally caught up with me and I can't bring myself to finish tonight's blog...tonight. I will post it tomorrow I promise. I just don't want to get sick again. There are pictures from the Mika concert up on my Facebook page that will hopefully keep you occupied enough for tonight. So until tomorrow Good Night xx

Ok here it is...

Well...I made it through the night, and even the morning at home without finding the hockey result. I came down for breakfast and Josh said he knew who won. I told him I didn't want to hear ANYTHING about it. He said he didn't know the score, just who won. I repeated myself saying I didn't want to know ANYTHING about the game. I had it on tape and planned on watching it today. Tim must have told him to keep his mouth shut earlier, because he too repeated himself. Which was nice of him. So the boys are ready, I'm ready, it's a beautiful day, and I am somehow wide awake so I'm smiling and we have a nice walk to school. I say goodbye to Nathaniel, then to Josh, and then Zach. He goes to wait in his line, and I stand there making sure he gets in ok. This is where I tell you that wearing my Olympic mitts today...was a bad choice. One of the Mom's looks at me and says "I've heard all about those red mittens. The next move I made, was a terrible, terrible mistake. I thought, instead of having her talk across the park, I should walk over to her. A woman who doesn't normally speak to me...and I walk over to her to be polite. - STUPID ME - She instantly says..."You must be happy about the result of the hockey game last night". I was dumbfounded. "OH NO!" I said. She laughed. - This was no laughing matter. I lifted my head up and explained that I didn't know the result, I was at a concert last night and was going home now to watch. She put her hand over her mouth. Then she said, "I didn't watch it, I just heard on the radio this morning". OH WELL THAT MAKES IT BETTER! *CRUSHED* I couldn't believe it...of all the places, and no one had paid attention to the Olympics up until now...and in one split second...ruined. ARGH!

I'm putting the game on now anyway...but it won't be the same.

About 4 minutes to the end of the 2nd period, I realized time had gone by fast, and I had to leave to meet Toni or I would be late. I grabbed what I needed, and drove into Chelmsford. We met at Starbucks and had a drink, then did some shopping. Around 2 o'clock we decided not to spend anymore for the day, and we both went home. When I arrived, Heloise was already back. I sat down and spoke to her until she left to get Nathaniel and Zach. Then I moved to the couch and tried to squeeze in some more of the hockey game before leaving to get Josh and Sam. With 2 minutes left in the 3rd...I had to hit pause. It was such a lovely day, I put on a light jacket and walked up to the school. I stood and watched the football practice, although Josh was on a different field, I still knew some of the kids. And the coaches aren't too bad to look at. When practice ended, I walked around the back of the school to meet up with the boys. Sam came out first, and then the two of us waited what seemed like ages for Josh. He eventually came out, and we headed home. We were just outside the gates when we saw Heloise. She asked if we wanted a lift home, but after talking to Josh, the two of us decided we wanted to walk. This was also when she told me my football tickets for this Wednesday...are in Thailand :| We dropped Sam off, spoke to Tina, and then continued down the path.

When we got home, I sat down to finish the game. Josh sat with me, but I told him he had to keep his mouth shut. With 24 seconds left, the US tied it, and that's when Josh gave the rest of the game away. His simple statement of "I didn't know that happened" ruined it for me. I assumed it went into shoot outs, because judging by what he said, the score he knew was 2 to 1, so I guess technically he didn't give it away...but I still knew nothing was going to happen in the next 24 seconds, although we did have a couple of chances. The two of us watched the rest of the game, and he tried to speak more than I had hoped. He makes it very difficult to get so involved in something that you don't even realize where you are anymore. I still watched them celebrate, and tried to tune out the music he was now playing on a computer game. I was so happy for the team, the smiles on their faces were priceless and I was almost in tears.

I looked for Closing ceremonies anywhere and everywhere I could think of, but had no luck of finding it in it's entirety. I guess I'll have to wait until I come back. We sat down to eat, and after dinner I grabbed the Goonies to finish watching it with Zach. He had asked me a couple of times when we'd watch the end. I brought it down, but he didn't want it on the TV. He wanted it on my computer, like we were watching it in the car on the Chunnel. So we did. We sat on the couch, him right beside me, cuddling me at the scary bits, and we watched as much as we could. Then it was time for his bath...so we have yet to finish it. They all went to bed, I watched some TV, and waited in anticipation for "Glee" to start. When that was over, I went up, and was instantly exhausted. I had a quick shower, and without being able to write the rest of my Blog, I went to sleep. I somehow still only managed to get about 7 hours, but it was certainly better than 4. I'll have to have an early night tonight so that I can be filled with excitement on Wednesday. xx